Hi all,
I couldn't get the below instructions to work, but this did.
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background show-desktop-icons true
Hope this helps someone.
--
Bill in Denver
On Sat, 13 Sep 2014, Mike Keithley wrote:
Thank you. I'll try all this.
----- Original Message -----
From: acollins@xxxxxxxxxxx
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Friday, September 12, 2014 7:09 pm
Subject: Re: Using Orca on the Gnome desktop
Hello Mike. Try the gnome-help facility. Prss alt-f2, which opens a
run dialog, then type gnome-help. You cantab, shift-tab, through the
topics, then press enter on the one you want.
The Gnome Desktop in wheezy is blank. That is, there are no icons. If
you'd rather have a desktop with icons, go in to the run dialog, and tab
to the installed applications button. Press space to check it, then tab
to the applications list. Select the application preferences app, and
then tab through the desktop tab, and check the buttons for the icons
you want to appear. Be sure to check the "use file manager to manage
desktop" button. When you are done, press enter on the ok button. If
you want other icons other than the ones listed in the applications
preferences dialog, launch gnome-terminal from the run dialog, and cd
to the Desktop directory in your home directory. use the ln -s command
to create symbolic links to what ever else you would like to appear on
your desktop. Close gnome-terminal with alt-f4, and examine your
desktop with your arow keys. Provided you have checked the "use file
manager to manage desktop" button in the desktop tab of the applications
preferences app, all the icons for things you have selected in the
applications preferences app, plus all the symbolic links you have
created in your home/desktop directorywill appear on your desktop, just
like they did in gnome 2.30.
You can control-alt-tab from the desktop to get at the top and bottom
pannels on the desktop. When you are on one of the pannels, you can use
the left and right arrows to move through options on the pannels. Use
the up and down arrows to move trough submenus under the options.
Control-f10 will let you select more applets to be added to the
pannels, just like in gnome 2.30. Under the user menu on the top
pannel, you will find a system preferences choice that you can use to
set system preferences.
Hope this helps.
Gene Collins
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